PhD researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES) - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (Iscte). She is a historian and holds a Master's and a PhD in Education. She works mainly in the area of Sociology and Education (in Brazil and Portugal) and her main research interests are family studies, generations, political socialisation, politicisation and qualitative methodology. She is also interested in social inequalities, popular classes and the ABC Paulista region.